at the Directorate of Intelligence, and at the Pentagon, he understands the scope of national security threats our country faces. Mr. Patel also understands how organizations such as the FBI ...

Grassley, R-Iowa, defended Patel's nomination, arguing he is what the agency needs while “public trust in the FBI is low ... the acting director of national intelligence for six months ...

Most recently, he served as the sixth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) from October 2014 until February 2019, where he led the Agency’s efforts to modernize and grow its ...

But the distrust between Patel and intelligence officials goes both ways. That came to a head in 2020 when the CIA referred Patel, then a top Trump national security aide, to the Justice ...

The Air Force is older, smaller, and less ready than it has ever been in its history. President Trump must prioritize fixing ...

In contrast, Tulsi Gabbard, nominated for national intelligence ... to lead the agency. And Gabbard, an Army veteran and former representative from Hawaii with no intelligence experience, faced ...

Trump administration officials have forced out all six of the FBI’s most senior ... who over saw the National Security Branch; Ryan Young, Intelligence Branch; Robert Nordwall, Criminal and ...

Patel, a fierce critic of the agency’s former director, has proposed shutting down the FBI’s Washington ... deputy to the acting director of national intelligence. For a three-month period ...

Gillibrand noted how Gabbard's past statements suggested national security ... rather allow the FBI to be weaponized by "prosecuting presidential candidates" or push the agency to get back to ...

The Trump administration forced out a number of FBI officials ... on the House Intelligence Committee. “These actions would undermine our ability to protect Americans from national security ...